The first cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here on Friday decided to set up a cabinet sub-committee to engage with all stakeholders on the issue of rationalisation of reservation for government jobs that is being demanded by the unemployed youth.
The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) on Friday raised an alarm as 158 transformers were damaged in the past four days across the Kashmir valley due to the use of banned heating equipment.
Allegations of torture of four civilians by the Army have surfaced in the Chas area of Kishtwar where a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the special forces of the Indian Army was recently killed and three soldiers injured in a terrorist attack.
The Crime Branch of J&K Police on Thursday filed a charge-sheet against 13 officers in the Rs.19.20 crore food scam wherein rations weighing 4,39,503 quintals meant for BPL and AAY families was allegedly misappropriated.
Reasi’s District Magistrate, Vishesh Mahajan on Thursday conducted a comprehensive security review of critical railway infrastructure in the district, including bridges, tunnels, and labour camps.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday said that the first phase of polling for Jammu and Kashmir assembly recorded 61.38 per cent voting on 18 September.
Hitting out at the BJP leadership, Mukesh Agnihotri, Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, on Friday said that Pakistan sponsored terrorism has revived in the peaceful Jammu region and the BJP government has failed to control it.
Enthusiasm is being witnessed among the voters who have queued outside the polling booths as the election is being held after a gap of ten years.
A total 41.17 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm on Wednesday in the first phase of Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir, said the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.
Long queues were seen outside the polling booths in South Kashmir even before polling started at 7 am.
